JENNIFER, YOU WOULD TELL HER SOMETHING AND SHE WOULD SHAKE HER HEAD YES. WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING JENNIFER GREEN'S STORY SINCE THIS VIDEO WENT VIRAL AFTER IT APPEARED ON VIDEO. IT SHOWS THIS BEING SET ON FIRE AND STOMPED UNTIL IT DIED. THEY'RE CHARGED WITH FELONY CRUELTY TO ANIMALS, AND HARMING A TORTOISE. ASHLEY HARDING SPOKE WITH HIM THIS EVENING AND SHE JOINS US NOW. YES, THE COUNSELLOR AT THE CHILDREN'S HOME THAT CLOSED NOT TOO LONG AGO, HE TOLD ME IT'S A PLACE WHERE TROUBLE TEENS GO. JENNIFER ARRIVED THERE WHEN SHE WAS 13 AND HE CAME TO SEE HER AS A DAUGHTER. HE WANTS PEOPLE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT HER AND HOPES FOR A POSITIVE OUTCOME. THE BLANK EXPRESSION DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING TO MOST PEOPLE. BUT IT'S ONE THAT HE CAN TELL WELL. I'VE SEEN THAT LOOK AND SHE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT SHE'S BEEN CHARGED. FOR THREE YEARS SINCE SHE ARRIVED AT THE CALM AT AGE 13 GREEN WAS UNDER HIS CARE ALONG WITH MANY OTHER GIRLS. HE WAS BESIDE HIMSELF AFTER HE LEARNED THAT POLICE ARRESTED HER AFTER THIS VIDEO WENT ONLINE. IT SHOWS A GOPHER TORTOISE BEING KILLED. AND I WAS SHOCKED. JENNIFER-- WE HAD A LOT OF FARM ANIMALS OUT THERE AND YOU NAME IT OUT AT THE FARM, JENNIFER TENDED TO THEM. HE WOULDN'T GO INTO THE REASON WHY SHE WAS SENT TO CAMP. SHE HAD A DIFFICULT TIME GROWING UP AND WAS SOCIALLY AND DEVELOPMENTALLY BEHIND. PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND EVERINCAME FROM A ROMANIAN ORPHANAGE AND WE'LL NEVER KNOW WHAT HAPPENED OVER THERE AND THE TRANSITION TO AMERICA, TO HERE, AND YOU KNOW, WAS BASICALLY SENT OUT TO THE CAMP. HE SAYS IN THE TIME THAT GREEN WAS IN THE CAMP SHE WAS ALWAYS LOOKING FOR ACCEPTANCE. HE GOES ON TO DESCRIBE HER AS SOMEONE WHO WOULD DO JUST ABOUT ANYTHING. AGAIN, SHE'S JUST LOOKING TO PLEASE OTHERS AND BE FRIENDS. SHE'S JUST LOOKING FOR A FRIEND AND WHATEVER IT TAKES TO BE THAT FRIEND, I HATE TO SAY IT, ALMOST BORDERLINE DESPERATE. ALTHOUGH HE COULDN'T EXCUSE WHAT HAPPENS. HE WORRIES ABOUT WHAT A POTENTIAL PRISON SENTENCE COULD MEAN FOR GREEN. HE BELIEVES WHAT SHE NEEDS IS HELP. JENNIFER WAS ONE THAT WHEN SHE LEFT CAMP TRACY, REMEMBER, THEY LEFT BECAUSE WE CLOSED, BUT IT'S-- IF THE CAMP WAS STILL GOING RIGHT NOW, OUR RECOMMENDATIONS WOULD HAVE BEEN FOR HER TO STAY THERE. AND IF CONVICTED, JENNIFER GREEN COULD GET UP TO FIVE YEARS IN PRISON FOR THAT FELONY CHARGE AND HE DID SAY HE SAW HER JUST

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